Field Notes is an ongoing technical journal documenting work at the intersection of creative technology applications, scientific communication, media systems, AI workflows, and digital infrastructure.
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- July 18, 2026
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web-development
Static sites, local tooling, data files, deployment paths, and the practical web machinery behind public-facing work.
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OpenAI Build Week: What Would You Ask Sam?OpenAI emailed me about Build Week with four days left, which meant choosing between several questionable Codex projects and figuring out how to make a meaningful addition to SamNav —an application that was already built, deployed,…
4 min
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The House Always EatsSandwich Bets starts with a stupid premise and follows it to its logical conclusion: what if the only safe wager left is lunch? Sandwich Bets becomes a napkin ledger turned into software: a way to remember the terms, preserve the…
9 min
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Navigation for the End TimesSamNav is a tiny independent index for Sam Altman’s blog, built because the posts are worth reading but the navigation is almost comically minimal. It adds search, topics, reading paths, related posts, and an admittedly dry Navigation…
6 min
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A Machine for Cross-Examining My GreedSignal Desk is a local AI-powered investment research desk I built precisely because I don’t know enough about investing to trust my own instincts. It turns scattered curiosity about AI companies, infrastructure, robotics, sensors,…
6 min
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Rebuilding My Portfolio With AI, Static HTML, and Stubborn TasteThe original version of my portfolio was built in 2021 from downloaded themes, hand-edited HTML, layered CSS overrides, and an unreasonable number of animated GIFs. The visual identity still felt right, but the underlying structure…
10 min